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While studying neuropsychology at Wesleyan University, Jordan Engel once covered the inside of a lab in screen doors to protect the lab’s sensitive equipment. “We had to turn the labs into Faraday ...

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We've heard for a while now that hackers are taking advantage of keyless entry systems to steal modern cars in what are known as "relay attacks." And while some folks are using old-school methods like ...

An electric charge (like a proton) creates an electric field in the region around it. This field points away from positive charges and decreases in strength as it gets farther away from the charge.

Say you wanted to protect your Wi-Fi network from surrounding buildings. The most obvious way to do this would be to secure the devices on your network using the wireless security protocol of choice.